Greek Revival

The Greek Revival-style Banning House in Wilmington

Greek Revival is an architectural-historical expression that describes the imitation and copying of Greek-ancient architecture and architectural elements in the 18th and 19th centuries in the sense of classicism , especially Palladianism of British origin. The term is mostly used regionally limited to Great Britain and the USA, according to its origin.

In the United States, the American colonial form of the Georgian style is also called antebellum architecture ; a large number of preserved examples from the 19th century show the cities of Charleston (South Carolina) and Natchez (Mississippi) .

See also

• History of Architecture in the United States

literature

• Joseph Mordaunt Crook: The Greek Revival. Neo-classical attitudes in British architecture 1760–1870. Murray, London 1995, ISBN 0-7195-5455-1
• Christoph Höcker : Metzler Lexicon of Ancient Architecture. 2nd edition Metzler, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-476-02294-3 . Pp. 111-114